The Education Secretary has announced a support package for universities and students, bringing forward £2.6 billion of tuition fee payments and enabling English universities to recruit students up to five per cent over their forecasts

More help for the high street will be made available via £6.1m of funding that will be paid to local authorities and dispersed to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs).

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Hampshire County Council continues to prepare reopen recycling centres from the 11th May, subject to further guidance from the Government

The HantsHelp4Vulnerable helpline has as last week (30 April) received a total of 7,697 calls and has made a total of 4,199 Local Response Centre referrals. Help with food shopping, and prescriptions remain the top two reasons for residents seeking support.

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A thank you from Hampshire Hospitals for the public's support and reassurance that hospitals have enough PPE for all their frontline staff